Screen Stars Top Tony Noms

Screen Stars Top Tony Noms

From Denzel Washington to Catherine Zeta-Jones, the Tony nomination list looks more like the Oscars this year!

-Kathryn H. Cusimano

This year’s Tony Awards ceremony will likely be as star-studded as the Oscars! The annual awards, presented by the American Theatre Wing, will be presented on Sunday, June 13, and the nominations will definitely have people talking.

All of the nominees in the best lead actor in a play category are major movie stars: Denzel Washington (for Fences), Jude Law (for Hamlet), Alfred Molina (for Red), Liev Schreiber (for A View from the Bridge) and Christopher Walken (for A Behanding in Spokane).

Other superstar nominees include Kelsey Grammer for La Cage Aux Folles, Viola Davis for Fences, Scarlett Johansson for A View from the Bridge, Catherine Zeta-Jones for A Little Night Music and Laura Linney for Time Stands Still. Go to the Tony Awards website for a full list of nominees.